Hoshikawa Rei

I'll work hard until I achive my dream, for both mine and my sister's sake.

Appearance
Rei has very long blonde hair, which she sometimes ties in two high tails and blue-grey eyes. Like all AKB0048 members she has heart shaped sparkles in her hair and eyes. She is always wearing necklace she got from her sister before she went to AKB0048 audition. She is wearing diffrent clothes, but she rearly wears skirts or dresses when she isn't on stage.

Personallity
Rei never had a lot of friends, she usually spend time alone or with her family. She didn't fell lonely but she often wished she had some real friends. She is very kind and hates unfair things. She can sometimes control herself but can also get angry easily. She loved music and singing since when she was young kid. She really admires her older sister. She loves drawing and writing stories, but this is something she didn't tell anyone, because she gets emberased if someone else see her stories or drawings.

History
Rei was born on Hikaristar, planet that used to be one of planets that weren't under entertainment ban and music was very important part of their life, until it was suddenly put under entertainment ban. She lived with her grandmother, parents and older sister. Rei didn't have a lot of friends, usually she spent time with her family or alone. She always admired her older sister who was also part of AKB0048 and became Maeda Atsuko 18th. Rei missed her sister a lot when she wasn't at home, but she was happy for her. When their parents died in accident, Rei's sister gradutated from 00, even though she wasn't succesor for long time, because she wanted to take care of her sister and sick grandmother.

Encountering AKB0048
Rei knew about AKB all of her life, since Hikaristar used to be planet where music is very important. At that time she didn't really think about joining them. She thought about that for the first time, when her older sister joined AKB but when their parents died Rei stopped thinking about that for a while. She remembered her dream again when application for 150th generation understudies were opened but she wasn't sure if she should take audition, because she thought it won't be fair for her to achieve this dream even though her sister wasn't able to enjoy it for long time. When her sister told her that she should join AKB if that's her dream she decided that she'll take audition.

Audition & joining AKB0048
Rei passed audition and became part of 150th generation. She also became good friends with her roommates Hotaru and Yumeko.

Live on Atamistar
Rei sang duo version of Itoshisa no Accel together with Akano at live on Atamistar which made her slightly nervous but also happy.

152nd generation auditions
At 152nd generation auditions Rei was teaching girls at hand to hand combat along with Sayaka and Akano. She noticed Chiyo, Nami and Tomoko and was sure that they'll pass audition and become part of 152nd generation when she was watching them train. When she and Sayaka realised they are taking they training too far they made them take rest and decided to bring robots for training. At lunch she sat next to auditioneers Hibiki and Diana and was later joined by Hotaru, Yumeko, Tomorin and Chiyo. When she noticed Tomoko leaving dinning room she went after her and talked to her. She later returned to the same table.

Relationships
|-|150th Generation =

Takayama Ai - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Inoue Megumi - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Takanashi Yukari - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Hoshimiya Aoi - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Ito Hotaru - Fellow Kenkyuusei, one of her roommates and best friends.

Hikami Yumeko - Fellow Kenkyuusei, one of her roommates and best friends.

Itano Tomorin - Fellow Kenkyuusei, one of her roommates and best friends.

Suzuno Natsuki - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Suzuno Sakura - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Samuikaze Ran - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Harune Diamond - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Taiyamoto Akano - Fellow Kenkyuusei. She was teaching hand to hand combat at 152nd generation auditions along with Rei and Sayaka.


 * -|151st Generation =

Miyabi Honoka - Kouhai.

Asahina Miru - Kouhai.

Kashita Miyagi - Kouhai. Ashley Snow - Kouhai.

Masuda Akari - Kouhai.


 * -|152nd Generation =

Itano Tomoko - Kouhai, she met her at auditions when she was training hand to hand combat with Nami and Chiyo.

Kimura Mei - Kouhai.

Shino Hoshina - Kouhai.

Kashita Akane - Kouhai.

Shiraki Chiyo - Kouhai, she met her at auditions when she was training hand to hand combat with Tomoko and Nami.

Aozora Kokone - Kouhai.

Matsuto Nami - Kouhai, she met her at auditions when she was training hand to hand combat with Chiyo and Tomoko.

Honda Hibiki - Kouhai, she met her at audition when they ate lunch together.

Tsubasa Diana - Kouhai, she met her at auditions when they ate lunch together.


 * -|Successors =

Shinoda Mariko the 12th - She was one of her fellow kenkyuusei before she became successor.

Akimoto Sayaka the 15th - Her kouhai when she was kenkyuusei from 151st generation. She was teaching hand to hand combat at 152nd generation audition along with Rei and Akano.


 * -|Staff =

Motomiya Hikari - AKB0048 manager and producer.

Kuroki Erika - AKB0048 presenter.

Hashimoto Ayumi - AKB0048 dance teacher.


 * -| Family =

Hoshikawa Aimi - Her older sister who was Maeda Atsuko the 18th.

Quotes
''I'm not type of person who judges someone on their first meeting. ''- to Chiyo in Stage one 3.0: Kenkyuusei Dreams 3rd launch about which one (Tomoko or Tomorin) is more likely to succed Tomochin.

Etymology
Hoshikawa - Hoshi means Star and Kawa means river. Together it's Starriver.

Rei -

Trivia

 * Rei shares her birthday with MoonlightRainbow.